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Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
All mining claims or property now located, or which may hereafter be located within this state, shall be subject to the right-of-way of any ditch or flume for mining purposes, or of any tramway, pack-trail or wagon road, whether now in use, or which may hereafter be laid out across any such location, claim or property; provided, always, that such right-of-way shall not be exercised against any mining location, claim or property duly made and recorded as herein required, and not abandoned prior to the establishment of any such ditch, flume, tramway, pack-trail or wagon road, without the consent of the owner or owners, except in condemnation, as in the case of land taken for public highways. Consent to the location of the easement above enumerated over any mineral claim, location or property, shall be in writing; and provided, further, that any such ditch or flume shall be so constructed that water therefrom shall not injure vested rights by flooding or otherwise.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Wyoming Statutes Title 30. Mines and Minerals § 30-1-118. Mining claims subject to right-of-way; construction of ditch or flume - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/wy/title-30-mines-and-minerals/wy-st-sect-30-1-118/
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